A
PRIMARY school student died yesterday afternoon after a car
hit her on a pedestrian crossing on the West Bank Demerara,
police reported.
Police
said that at about 15:00h, Elezebeth McGowan, 7, a student
of La Retraite Primary School, was knocked down on the
Stanleytown public road.
The
child, who lived at Church Street, Stanleytown, was crossing
the road from west to east on a pedestrian crossing when she
was struck down by a car, police reported.
She
died before receiving medical attention at the West Demerara
Regional Hospital.
Police
said they have detained the 27-year old driver of the car
who was allegedly speeding.
Wednesday,
Februaury 08, 2006
